Improved mode of covering harness-trimmings



UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

CHARLES M. THEBERATH, OF NEXVARK, NEV JERSEY.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 99,032. dated January 18, 1870.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHAELEs M. TIIEBE- RATH, of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Cover- Ying of Harness-Trimmings; and I do hereby performed, referring to the annexed drawings,

in which- Figure l is a perspective view, and Fig. 2 a side View, of a turret ring covered with leather in my new and improved way.

The usual manner of covering such or other articles has been to make a seam in the center, which leaves a ridge more exposed to wear than the balance of the covering. This soon wears, so that the thread breaks andthe seam' opens, and, as a general thing, the entire covering is spoiled and must be replaced. To ob viate this, I make two seams-one at or near each ed ge-which leaves the center smooth and/ even, so that one part cannot wear out soonerJ than any other.

In the drawings, A represents the usual metallic ring, having a screw, B, to fasten it into the saddle in theA usual way. The ring A is covered with a leather or other covering,C, having a seam near or at each edge, leaving almost the entire outer surface smooth and even. The covering C maybe made of any material, whether elastic or non-elastic, and may be applied to any and every kind of harness-trimmings in precisely the same manner. Rubber may be used for such trimmings.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and' desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The method herein described of covering harness-trimmin gs with a seam at or near each edge7 substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHAS. M. THEBERATH. Vitnesses J. V. WHITE, -JoIIN A. ELLIS. 

